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[photo] [Sioux Indian Camp, Dakota]

Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm)
Inscription: Signed l/r: "F. Schafer" in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand.
Verso: Titled in pencil on the right stretcher bar: "Sioux Indian Camp Dakota" in an unknown cursive hand.
Provenance: In private collection, Texas; Offered 7 October 2016 for $25,000 by Lofty (Hammerless, Inc.), New York City, NY. Offered 2 March 2019 for $24,995 via eBay by Laster's Fine Art and Antiques, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as item #352607027363.
Reproductions: Lofty (Hammerless, Inc.) sale catalog; eBay listing.
Legend: Said to have been passed down in one family since it was purchased in the 1920s.
Identification: Assigned, descriptive title from verso stretcher bar inscription.
Other title(s): Indian Encampment (Lofty (Hammerless, Inc.) catalog)
In index(es): Title list, Indian encampments as primary subjects, Indians in desert locales

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